Color
#85a781
#85a781rgb(133, 167, 129)hsl(114, 18%, 58%)oklch(0.693 0.066 142.1)Colors that go with #85a781
Charcoal, Blue and Burlywood lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #85a781: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Lexus's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #85a781, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #85a781 in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Darkroom put Champagne beside #85a781, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #85a781: 8 real palettes, including Riverbed and Clean Beauty, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
split-complementshippedCornflower Blue is a split-complement of #85a781: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
shippedDark Olive Green shows up next to #85a781 in 6 real palettes, including Forest Floor and Undergrowth, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #85a781: 4 real palettes, including Guinness's brand system and Open House, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #85a781
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #85a781 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.68:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.84:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #85a781 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #85a781 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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